Tag Archives: Lake of the Ozarks

Blind Pony Hatchery – Paddlefish Nursery

Posted on May 12, 2013 by admin

Paddlefish eggs at Blind Pony Hatchery When Truman Dam closed, the paddlefish was cut off from its primary spawning grounds, the gravel bars of the upper Osage. This ancient fish has inhabited the Mississippi and Missouri river system for more … Continue reading →

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Mansion South Side of Linn Creek

Posted on February 6, 2013 by admin

Real photo postcard Atop a small hill is a large frame house with an encircling porch (“veranda” they might have called it). In Kansas City or St. Louis, this would probably not have been considered a mansion, but in the … Continue reading →

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SOUVENIR DECAL OF BAGNELL DAM

Posted on January 16, 2013 by admin

Water-based Decal, 1950s Water dip decals are colorful cartoonish icons of vintage vacations. They decorated luggage and car windows, commemorating many a family vacation at Niagara Falls, a visit to a buffalo ranch, or Disneyland. Hobbyists have for generations used … Continue reading →

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NIGHT HAWKS TAVERN, Camdenton, Missouri

Posted on January 9, 2013 by admin

Real photo postcard, 1935-1945 Inscription on back reads – “We enjoyed a fine meal here today with Toots and Jack.” Toots and Jack Stotler operated this thriving business from 1933 until selling to Buford and Anna May Foster in 1945. … Continue reading →

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OSAGE RIVER in Flood at the Town of Bagnell

Posted on December 19, 2012 by admin

8 x 10 press photo from Chicago.  4/21/41 The cutline reads: “BAGNELL, MO. – This bantam rooster, caught in the flood that has inundated several Ozark towns, found himself floating on a log down the Main Street of Bagnell, Mo., … Continue reading →

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LOVERS LEAP, LAKE OF THE OZARKS

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

Real photo postcard, probably 1940s Lovers Leap was a cliff near Linn Creek, about which J. W. Vincent, editor of the local paper, penned a fanciful tale of a suicidal India maiden.  Virtually every declivity more than 25 feet high … Continue reading →

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PADDLEFISH (SPOONBILLS) AT OSCEOLA

Posted on October 30, 2012 by admin

Trophy Paddlefish This looks to be taken below the Osceola Dam which was removed when Truman Dam and Reservoir was built. While the primary paddlefish spawning beds were over gravel bars between Osceola and Warsaw, paddlefish on spawning runs would … Continue reading →

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Rethinking the Osage River book

Posted on December 3, 2011 by admin

We are interested in things, the common denominator of which is the Osage River – for 35 + years exploring prairies, small towns, the Ozark-prairie border, doing some snake hunting in the middle part. Leland has fished the lower Osage … Continue reading →

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